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Class Agendas and Assignments for EDU 101.0001
(Tuesday/Thursday 1:50-3:30pm) Spring 2011, 1st quarter -- Ed Center 112
--A work in progress . . . check back often--
--Date--
 --What we will do in class today--
 --What you need to have completed before coming to class today--
T
1/18
class 1
  1. review class wiki--content & navigation
  2. index card activity
  3. laptop check
  4. Bedford Handbook check
  5. philosophy statement

Th
1/19
class 2
  1. mentoring project overview
  2. chapter 1 assignment
  3. EDU101 notebook (part 1) assignment
  4. what's an artifact? why are we collecting them?
T
1/25
class 3
  1. questions about mentoring?
  2. collect rest of mentoring applications
  3. blog overview
    1. introduction to blogs
    2. blog vs. book analogy
  4. set up blog account
  5. create chapter 1 blog entry
  6. put your blog URL on the class artifacts page but only when you have Mergatroy
  7. look at Bedford Handbook UMF list
  8. revise your first blog entry/entries
  9. how blogs are graded
  10. 5 quotes assignment , information survey, and other blog entry for homework
  11. Bedford for chapter 2; what homework means to read Bedford focus for chapters 3 and 4
  12. discuss certification research assignment
  13. Skype buddies
  • chapter 1 assignment without blog
  • bring The Bedford Handbook to class
  • bring your completed mentoring application (orange paper) to turn in if you didn't turn it in last Thursday
Th
1/27
class 4
  1. any questions about Bedford focus for chapters 3 or 4
  2. blog checkup; any issues?
  3. joining a wiki; following a blog
  4. group synthesis of answers to chapter 2 questions
  5. share quotes
  6. who are schools for brainstorm activity
  7. a little bit of time with your Build A School
T
2/1
class 5
  1. certification research activity
  2. chapter 3 debate
  3. enter your quote in the artifacts wiki
  4. a look at EDU101 notebook (part 1)
  5. discuss chapter 6 assignment
Th
2/3
class 6
  1. Build A School team presentations
  2. follow a blog; join a wiki
  3. a look at the chapter 4 assignment
  4. Praxis, Practicum, Laptops and Transferring Major --questions anyone?
  5. another chapter 3 debate
T
2/8
class 7
 tables in a big circle, corners touching, including the instructor's table
  1. mentor checkup--reports from M/T people, questions from W/Th/F people, 10 more?, rave reviews already, the log
  2. 2 more Build A Schools
  3. share notebooks
  4. another look at the final notebook and the rubric
  5. permissions page
  6. photos on artifacts wiki (Build A School)
  7. what is an artifact and why are we collecting them?
  8. more chapter 3 debates
  9. homework pledge
Th
2/10
class 8
  1. permissions page--Tyler & Andy
  2. looking at Blackboard
  3. chapter 4 "activity"
  4. chapter 5 activity
  5. questions about chapter 6?
  6. digital artifacts for chapter 6
  7. discuss and assign standards
T
2/15
class 9
 tables in a big circle, sides touching, including the instructor's table
  1. errors in the book on chapter 3
  2. share chapter 6 classroom plans
  • chapter 6 assignment
  • add your quote to the quotes page on the artifacts wiki
  • if you were the typist for your chapter 2 team, please add your team's synthesis to the artifacts wiki
Th
2/17
class 10
 tables in a U so that everyone can see the screen/ front of the class; switch to tables in 4 hexagons
  1. how's mentoring going? questions? Jan's email about music students?
  2. standards presentations
  3. more chapter 6 presentations
  4. external image vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png 101TeamFollowup.docx
  5. "transparent teaching" so far
  6. discuss: handling appropriateness
  7. discuss: why Build-A-School
2/21 - 2/25
 February Break
T
class 11
3/1
 tables in a U so that everyone can see the screen/ front of the class; switch to tables in 4 hexagons
  1. FYI: Portfolio Presentations--plan ahead
  2. look ahead at next week
  3. 3 standards presentations
  4. 3 chapter 6 presentations
  5. continue homework pledge
  6. professional promise
  7. wiki overview
  8. set up a wiki account
  9. meet with your concentration members and work on your professional organization wiki
  • chapter 13 assignment
  • add your quote to the quotes page on the artifacts wiki
  • if you were the typist for your chapter 2 team, please add your team's synthesis to the artifacts wiki
W 3/2
 Texas Independence Day (in case you want to have your own personal celebration)
Th
class 12
3/3
 tables in a U so that everyone can see the screen/ front of the class
  1. introduction of a special guest
  2. chapter 14 discussion--teacher leadership
  3. share your resumé
  4. graduation plan activity
  5. finish professional organization wikis
  6. upload PowerPoints or other files for chapter 6 blog entry (for those that need it)
class 13
T 3/8
 Work day -- work on your 101 notebook if you haven't already finished it
class 14
Th 3/10
 tables in a U so that everyone can see the screen/ front of the class
  1. scope and sequence / scaffolding
  2. last two questions
  3. technology in the classroom survey
  4. evaluations
  • Final EDU 101 notebook (by 1:45--turn in to Education Center 219--Kristin Hickey's office) -- be sure to include a copy of the rubric with your self-assessment filled out on the bottom
  • take mentoring survey